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Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) vs M5 (10-Core)

94 out of 100
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
VS
81 out of 100
Apple M5 (10-Core)
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
Apple M5 (10-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) with 15-cores against the 4.61 GHz M5 (10-Core) with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between (10-Core) and (15-Core)
Advantages of Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
  • Around 153.6 GB/s (100%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 5 months later
  • More powerful Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 6.6 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
  • Has 5 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M5 Pro (15-Core)
vs
M5 (10-Core)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 720 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7161 4456
Cinebench Scores (40th and 113th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M5 Pro (15-Core) +45%
25906
M5 (10-Core)
17862
File compression 2370 MB/sec 1790 MB/sec
Clang compilation 222.4 Klines/sec 138 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 672.6 pages/sec 427.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 667.2 Mpixels/sec 430.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 436.8 pages/sec 421.1 pages/sec
Background blur 98.7 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Photo processing 238.6 images/sec 156.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 39.7 Mpixels/sec 21.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M5 Pro (15-Core) +82%
48677
M5 (10-Core)
26779
Integer math 109.6 GOps/sec 56.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 154.6 GOps/sec 75.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 460M Primes/sec 301M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 70.6M Strings/sec 35.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.8 GBytes/sec 17.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 581.1 MBytes/sec 296.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 5367 Frames/sec 3199 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 27.6B Matrices/sec 15.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 94 & 507 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 29.8 PPW 43.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 417.8 PPW 661.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 785.1 PPW 991.8 PPW
Blender / Watt - 10.22 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-09 (loltoast)Geekbench 6 CPU4309 / 26914
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-30 (JSK)Geekbench 6 CPU4287 / 26529
Add View all (2)
Apple M5 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-29 -> knotp37Cinebench 20260 / 3841
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-05 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU4224 / 17165
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-27 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU4289 / 18011
Add View all (3)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) and M5 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released March 3, 2026 October 15, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Apple M5 Apple M5
Model number T6050 T8142
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 15 4
P-Threads 15 4
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 4.61 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 6
E-Threads - 6
Base Frequency (E) - 3.0 GHz
Total
Total Cores 15 10
Total Threads 15 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 46x 46x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 22MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 28 billions 28 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 62 W 27 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Die Size 166.85 mmยฒ 157.48 mmยฒ
Laptop processors ranking (4th and 21st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1620 MHz
Shading Units 2048 1280
TMUs 128 80
ROPs 64 40
Execution Units 256 160
iGPU FLOPS
M5 Pro (15-Core) +61%
6.6 TFLOPS
M5 (10-Core)
4.1 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) compared to Pro GPU (16-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 16 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 307.2 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

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Choose between two processors
65 (87.8%)
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Total votes: 74

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M5 (10-Core) or Pro (15-Core)?
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